Complex numbers are numbers that consist of two parts — a real number and an imaginary number. Complex numbers are the building blocks of more intricate math, such as algebra. They can be applied to ...

Complex number terminology is important in electrical engineering to distinguish a purely imaginary quantity, like the impedance of an ideal inductor, jωL, from the reactance of the inductor ωL.

If only all math classes were like this. With help from a media undergraduate, mathematics lecturer Matthew Weathers, of Biola University in La Mirada, Los Angeles, put on a 'live' show on complex ...